WILLIAMS v. STATE


74 So.2d 797 (1954)

Jessie Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.

September 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will O. Murrell, Wm. O. Murrell, Jr., Boone & Swanson, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Moie J.L. Tendrich, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HOBSON, Justice.

Appellant, Jessie Lee Williams, was indicted for murder in the first degree. He pleaded not guilty, and his trial resulted in a jury verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. His motion for new trial was denied, judgment on the verdict was duly entered, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.

From the testimony of several eye-witnesses, and from the appellant's own testimony, it appears without question...

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